historic impeachment trial. the trial resumes today. the president is expected to be acquitted on wednesday. we will get the latest peer we begin in iowa as the first caucus takes place. the democratic national committee is being accused of taking steps to hurt the chances of senator bernie sanders from winning the nomination. we are taking on the entire political establishment, both the republican establishment and the democratic establishment. amy: plus, we look at how president trump has expended his travel ban to six more countries, including nigeria, the most popular nation in africa. then the mature pass sabotaged america s response to thee coronavivirus pandemic. that is the headline in the latest piece by laurie garrett. she will join us in studio. all that and more, coming up. welcomome to democracy now!,!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. house impeachment managers and president trump s defense team are giving closing arguments in his h
Intensifying, with the military and his own party taken steps to remove him. The ruling zanu pf parties to remove the 93 year old at a meeting this morning. In last the zanu pf youth league, which until now has strongly supported him, has called for him to step down. Tens of thousands of protesters lined the streets of harare yesterday, calling for his resignation. Mr mugabe has so for his resignation. Mr mugabe has so far resisted. We can speak to richard dowden, journalist and director of the royal african society. Today could be a significant day . More pressure on mugabe, but he is a very stubborn man. It will be interesting to see whether he finally says, all right, i will step down. I think he Still Believes he is president of zimbabwe and he wants to stay there. So, its going to require an awful lot more arm twisting. Going to require an awful lot more armtwisting. What is your feeling about what he will do today . Up until now we have not heard from him, only his nephew, who sa
To build more homes. Tests of Driverless Cars on uk roads are set to be given the green light in this weeks budget. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 10 1i5am. This mornings reviewers are katy balls, Political Correspondent of the spectator, and the journalist and broadcasterjames rampton. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The pressure on the zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe to stand down is intensifying with both the military and his own party set to take further steps to remove him. The head of military veterans says the Ruling Zanu Pf Party will remove the 93 year old as its leader at a meeting this morning. Now the Zanu Pf Youth League, which until now has strongly supported president Robert Mugabe, has called for him to step down. Tens of thousands of protestors lined the streets of harare yesterday calling for his resignation, but mr mugabe has so far resisted. Lets speak to ben brown in harare. Bring us up to date with the latest developments. We have hear
Meeting generals today and they have been trying to persuade him since that military takeover that he should resign with dignity, that he has no options left. Zanu pf gave him an ultimatum today that if he had not resigned by mid day tomorrow local time and they should start impeachment proceedings against him in the zimbabwean parliament. He is running out of friends, running out of allies, running out of options, and running out of time. And according to reuters tonight he has agreed to step down, perhaps bowing to the inevitable. But get this report on the days events so far. Senior military commanders have met president Robert Mugabe to further pressure him to step down from government, as his own party held a historic meeting to dismiss him. Its a humiliating end for the decorated war hero, and the partys longest serving leader. Our people, colleagues, are demanding from us gathered here to show leadership and to give effect to their demands for the recall of the president and fir
And rain are possible next weekend grant tele vo the weather has been all over the place. Weve seen cold temperatures, windy conditions at times, and even hail in parts of the area today. Kron 4s j. R. Stone continues our Team Coverage tonight, he found some Weather Damage in vallejo. J. R. Damage in vallejo. J. R. First off how does it feel out there this evening . j. R. steve you can j. R. steve you can see on my thermometer it is 44 degreespretty chilly out heregood news is that there is no wind. Look what the wind did last night when we had those cold temperatures. It blew these massive tree branches onto the ground. I tried moving this branch and these things are heavy. I talked with folks in this area who are all talking about one thingthe cold. Very cold lately real cold. Its been lotty coldyeah and when it gets cold what do you do . I put my jacket on. Yes its coldbut you have shorts onwell i just vicki ots the city of San Francisco the city of vicki ots news. vicki ots the cit